Automobile-door hinge.



No. 878,745. PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908. E. T. ROBINSON.

' AUTOMOBILE DOOR IN B.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC EDWARD ROBINSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO ST. LOUIS GAB. COMPANY, OF

LOUIS, MISSOURI, A GORPORATION.

AUTOMOBILE-DOOR HINGE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. ROBIN- SON, a citizen of the United States of Amerlea, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Automobile Door Hinges, 0 which the following is a full, clear,-and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to produce an improved door hinge for automobiles that throw the door, when opening,wel1awa fromthe body of the machine so that it wi 1. clear the wheel guards etc. thus allowing the door to be fully opened to permit free v ingress and egress.

A further object of my invention is to'produce a re-inforced hinge that will be strong and durable and form a perfect stop to the openin movement of the heavy doors of antomobi es.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims. I

Figure I is a side view showing a door and part of the body of an automoblle provided with my improved hinges. tical section taken on line II-II, Fig. I. Fi'. III is a horizontal section taken on line IIIIII, Fig. I. Fig. IV is a detail horizontal section taken on line IV -IV, Fig. I. Fig. Vis aperspective view of one of the hinges.

1 represents partof the body, and 2 one of the doors of an automobile.

3 represents the upper hinge, and 4. the lower hinge of the door. Each. hinge consists of two metal members 5 and 6, the member 5 of each hinge being the one that is secured Specification of Letters Patent.

vApplication filed July 29. 1907: Serial No. 386.024-

Fig. II is a ver-'- Patented Feb. 11,1908.

to the body of the car and 6 the onethat is secured to the door. The two members are connected together by a pin or pintle 7 passed throu h ears formed on the members.

Eachmem er of eachhinge is formed with a bend 8 so that its outer portion sets at an angle to its inner portion, as clearly shown in the drawings,'and thebody member of the hinge l is provided with a brace arm 9, and

a brace rib 10,,a'dapted to bear against the bod as shown in Fig. IV, to give strength and steadiness to the hinge, which necessaril has its pintle point some distance from the ody owing to the usual swell inthe formation-of the body. The bod member of each hinge is formed with rein orcing rib 11 having a shoulder 11* and the door member of each hinge is provided with a re-in-- forcing rib 12 having a lip or projection 12*. The li s 12 are adapted to come against the shoul ers 11" and arrest the opening move-- ment of the door and owing to the shape of the hinges the door is permitted to'fully open before the lips impin e against the shoulders, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. III.

Claim: A hinge for automobile doors, consisting of two members pivoted' together and bent at an angle between their pivot and their point of attachment to the body and door of the car; the body member of the hinge bein provided with a brace 'arm and a brace ri adapted to bearagainst the body of the car, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

A. DIEKMANN,

M. C: MURPHY. 

